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AAF OVERSEAS
REPLACEMENT DEPOT
A 8TRATEGIC
AIR COMMAND BASE
•
VOL. 5, NO. 36. 106th AAFBU, Greensboro, N. C, Friday, April 19,1946. FREE DISTRIBUTION
Dialectic
findfcculsvdwui
.A few years ago a word and the
idea which it symbolized* came intoJ
prominence in works on theology,
philosophy, and history. Neither the
word nor the idea was new.. The
fact that both gained new promi­nence
and wide acceptance prior to
the war is significent. The word is
dialectic. Its simplest interpretation
merely means composed of two
sides or parts each opposed to the
other.' As used in theology and re­ligion
this meant that people were
again coming to recognize that life
can be good or bad, holy or e\
beautiful or tawdry, warlike or
peaceful, according to the manner
in which it is lived and the re­sources
which are marshalled on
one side or the other by those who
live it. .
This week the Christian Church
celebrates two days which, hi the
clearest possible way testify to
the dialectic of life. The days are
Good Friday and Easter.
On the first Good Friday, the
kindest, purest, and best man who
ever lived, a man who devoted-him­self
fully and unselfishly to the
service of Almighty God and his
fellow men, was slowly and pain­fully
put to death by crucifixion.
His death symbolizes as nothing
else can, the depravity of human
nature, the evil and the hatred
which man's nature can engender,
nourish, and employ upon occasion.
Viewed as an isolated Incident mo­mentarily
divorced from that which
followed, the events of Good Fri­day,
evoked the verdict that man is
evil
Three .days after the first Good
Friday, came the day of Christ's
Resurrection, the first glorious Eas­ter.
That day and that event set
forth a different verdict on man's
nature. This time the evaluation of
man's nature emanated from Al­mighty
God. God's verdict was that
although man can do great evil,
although he can bring hardship,!
pain, and bloodshed upon himself
and upon his fellow man,' he never­theless
has so much that is essen­tially
fine, good, and great in his
nature that he may, by God's help,
attain peace and happiness in his
present life and in the life beyond
the grave.
Prior to the war from which we
have just emerged, many good
pepple, many "respectable citizens"
had little idea of the havoc, the
chaos, the human suffering and
want that man could bring upon
himself. Now this is understood.
Good Friday, this year, will mean
more than it ever has before meant
to millions of people all over the
civilized world. Few will find it
difficult, unnatural or unrealistic to
assume a genuine attitude of peni­tence
for the hatred and evil that
were vividly expressed at the C ruci-fixion
on the first Good Friday,
.and which civilized man has been
expressing and reenacting through­out
the years of war.
.Easter, likewise, should this year
assume its greatest Easter brings
is the hope that man can be loving,
good, and kind. The joy of it is
in knowing that whenever and
wherever in life, man strives to be
God-like in his goodness, he is
promised the help of his Creator
sad God given victory over his
baser nature. These insights or con­victions
vindicated by contem­porary
experience should bring to
the faces of all the faithful the radi­ance,
"the Joy and the confidence
which above all else Easter signi­fies.
JAMES R. DAVIS, JR.—Chaplain,
V. S. A.
«
PHOTO BY VOIOT
Pfc. Ken Voigt, a Rotator
jihotog, snapped the photo
(shown above) in the post stock-ide
chapel as Chaplain Lucien
\. Madore pave the sacrament to
Pfc. Lawrence Magotte, Sq. 'G'.
on duty in the stockade office.
Note the mural (background?
it Christ on the cross. Drawn
by former Cpl. David Attie who
was serving a short sentence, it
is one of several excellent
murals on the walls of the
shapeL
Easter, 1946—Fulfilled Hope Qf Prayerful Years
"If ye then be risen with Christ . . .
Seek those things which are above.'
Col. DI: 1
Attend Good Friday And Easter Services Of Your Faith
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES
On Good Friday, 19 April, 1946,
appropriate religious services will
be held on post for both Protest­ant
and Catholic personnel. Prot­estant
service will be held at 1:00
p. m. in Chapel No. 1. Chaplain
James R. Davidson, Jr., post chap­lain,
will conduct this service, as­sisted
by Chaplain Ralph H. Kim­ball.
The Roman Catholic service
will be held at 2:00 p. m. in The­ater
No. 3. This service will be an
observance of the "Stations of the
Cross." Chaplain Lucian Madore
will officiate.
ORD men are invited and urged
to discharge their religious duties
on Good Friday by attending the
religious service of their faith.
EASTER SERVICES
Special music will highlight
Easter programs at post chapels
for both Protestant and Catholic
services.
The day's religious schedule for
Protestant personnel begins at 9:00
a. m. with an Episcopal Holy Com­munion
Service in Chapel No. 1.
post Chaplain James R. Davidson,
Jr. will officiate and urges the at­tendance
of all Episcopalians and
all others whose churches require
the observance of the Sacrament
of Holy Communion of Easter Sun­day.
All Protestant personnel are
invited to this service.
At 10 a. m. in Chapel No. 1, a
festival service of song and prayer
will be held. Chaplain James R.
Davidson will preside; Chaplain
George F. Ivey will offer the
prayers: Chaplain Ralph H. Kim­ball
will preach on the subject:
"Citizens of Eternity." S/Sgt. John
B. Sealey, Jr., tenor, former solo­ist
with the world renowned West­minister
Choir, will sing "Con*
sider the Lilies" by Scott. Cpl. Wil­liam
Johnston, who has studied
organ both at the University of
Colorado and at Curtis Institute,
Philadelphia, and who is the staff
organist at Chapel I, will present
a fifteen-minute recital on the
Hammond Electric Organ beginning
at 9:45 a. m. Cpl. Johnston will
play the difficult "Fantasia and
Fuge (G Minor)"- by Bach, and
Handel's "Aria" (Concerto 10). The
organ postlude at the conclusion of
the service will be "Toccata.
(Continued On Page Seven)

AAF OVERSEAS
REPLACEMENT DEPOT
A 8TRATEGIC
AIR COMMAND BASE
•
VOL. 5, NO. 36. 106th AAFBU, Greensboro, N. C, Friday, April 19,1946. FREE DISTRIBUTION
Dialectic
findfcculsvdwui
.A few years ago a word and the
idea which it symbolized* came intoJ
prominence in works on theology,
philosophy, and history. Neither the
word nor the idea was new.. The
fact that both gained new promi­nence
and wide acceptance prior to
the war is significent. The word is
dialectic. Its simplest interpretation
merely means composed of two
sides or parts each opposed to the
other.' As used in theology and re­ligion
this meant that people were
again coming to recognize that life
can be good or bad, holy or e\
beautiful or tawdry, warlike or
peaceful, according to the manner
in which it is lived and the re­sources
which are marshalled on
one side or the other by those who
live it. .
This week the Christian Church
celebrates two days which, hi the
clearest possible way testify to
the dialectic of life. The days are
Good Friday and Easter.
On the first Good Friday, the
kindest, purest, and best man who
ever lived, a man who devoted-him­self
fully and unselfishly to the
service of Almighty God and his
fellow men, was slowly and pain­fully
put to death by crucifixion.
His death symbolizes as nothing
else can, the depravity of human
nature, the evil and the hatred
which man's nature can engender,
nourish, and employ upon occasion.
Viewed as an isolated Incident mo­mentarily
divorced from that which
followed, the events of Good Fri­day,
evoked the verdict that man is
evil
Three .days after the first Good
Friday, came the day of Christ's
Resurrection, the first glorious Eas­ter.
That day and that event set
forth a different verdict on man's
nature. This time the evaluation of
man's nature emanated from Al­mighty
God. God's verdict was that
although man can do great evil,
although he can bring hardship,!
pain, and bloodshed upon himself
and upon his fellow man,' he never­theless
has so much that is essen­tially
fine, good, and great in his
nature that he may, by God's help,
attain peace and happiness in his
present life and in the life beyond
the grave.
Prior to the war from which we
have just emerged, many good
pepple, many "respectable citizens"
had little idea of the havoc, the
chaos, the human suffering and
want that man could bring upon
himself. Now this is understood.
Good Friday, this year, will mean
more than it ever has before meant
to millions of people all over the
civilized world. Few will find it
difficult, unnatural or unrealistic to
assume a genuine attitude of peni­tence
for the hatred and evil that
were vividly expressed at the C ruci-fixion
on the first Good Friday,
.and which civilized man has been
expressing and reenacting through­out
the years of war.
.Easter, likewise, should this year
assume its greatest Easter brings
is the hope that man can be loving,
good, and kind. The joy of it is
in knowing that whenever and
wherever in life, man strives to be
God-like in his goodness, he is
promised the help of his Creator
sad God given victory over his
baser nature. These insights or con­victions
vindicated by contem­porary
experience should bring to
the faces of all the faithful the radi­ance,
"the Joy and the confidence
which above all else Easter signi­fies.
JAMES R. DAVIS, JR.—Chaplain,
V. S. A.
«
PHOTO BY VOIOT
Pfc. Ken Voigt, a Rotator
jihotog, snapped the photo
(shown above) in the post stock-ide
chapel as Chaplain Lucien
\. Madore pave the sacrament to
Pfc. Lawrence Magotte, Sq. 'G'.
on duty in the stockade office.
Note the mural (background?
it Christ on the cross. Drawn
by former Cpl. David Attie who
was serving a short sentence, it
is one of several excellent
murals on the walls of the
shapeL
Easter, 1946—Fulfilled Hope Qf Prayerful Years
"If ye then be risen with Christ . . .
Seek those things which are above.'
Col. DI: 1
Attend Good Friday And Easter Services Of Your Faith
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES
On Good Friday, 19 April, 1946,
appropriate religious services will
be held on post for both Protest­ant
and Catholic personnel. Prot­estant
service will be held at 1:00
p. m. in Chapel No. 1. Chaplain
James R. Davidson, Jr., post chap­lain,
will conduct this service, as­sisted
by Chaplain Ralph H. Kim­ball.
The Roman Catholic service
will be held at 2:00 p. m. in The­ater
No. 3. This service will be an
observance of the "Stations of the
Cross." Chaplain Lucian Madore
will officiate.
ORD men are invited and urged
to discharge their religious duties
on Good Friday by attending the
religious service of their faith.
EASTER SERVICES
Special music will highlight
Easter programs at post chapels
for both Protestant and Catholic
services.
The day's religious schedule for
Protestant personnel begins at 9:00
a. m. with an Episcopal Holy Com­munion
Service in Chapel No. 1.
post Chaplain James R. Davidson,
Jr. will officiate and urges the at­tendance
of all Episcopalians and
all others whose churches require
the observance of the Sacrament
of Holy Communion of Easter Sun­day.
All Protestant personnel are
invited to this service.
At 10 a. m. in Chapel No. 1, a
festival service of song and prayer
will be held. Chaplain James R.
Davidson will preside; Chaplain
George F. Ivey will offer the
prayers: Chaplain Ralph H. Kim­ball
will preach on the subject:
"Citizens of Eternity." S/Sgt. John
B. Sealey, Jr., tenor, former solo­ist
with the world renowned West­minister
Choir, will sing "Con*
sider the Lilies" by Scott. Cpl. Wil­liam
Johnston, who has studied
organ both at the University of
Colorado and at Curtis Institute,
Philadelphia, and who is the staff
organist at Chapel I, will present
a fifteen-minute recital on the
Hammond Electric Organ beginning
at 9:45 a. m. Cpl. Johnston will
play the difficult "Fantasia and
Fuge (G Minor)"- by Bach, and
Handel's "Aria" (Concerto 10). The
organ postlude at the conclusion of
the service will be "Toccata.
(Continued On Page Seven)